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Eck: Magenta prioritized timbre generation over sequence generation
“I haven't, well, we haven't pushed the sequence generation stuff much because we really wanted to focus on, on tamper.”
Doug Eck Jul 21, 2017 ▶ 16:14 Making Music and Art Through Machine Learning - Doug Eck of Magenta · Y Combinator
Disclosure
Eck: Magenta aims to generate coherent long-form music and art
“I think composing, creating long form pieces, whether they're music or art, I think is, is something we want to do. And this hints at this idea of like, not just having these things that make sense at like, 20 seconds of music time, but actually say something …”
Doug Eck Jul 21, 2017 ▶ 39:27 Making Music and Art Through Machine Learning - Doug Eck of Magenta · Y Combinator
Assertion Supported
Eck: Magenta has a core API enabling real-time MIDI AI collaboration
“I think the API, the core API that allows us to move music around in real time in MIDI, and actually have a meaningful conversation between an AI model and multiple musicians is there, and there's just a bunch more thinking that needs to happen, right, to get …”
Doug Eck Jul 21, 2017 ▶ 42:58 Making Music and Art Through Machine Learning - Doug Eck of Magenta · Y Combinator
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Eck: Artists will not do a huge amount with Quick Draw data
“I think, you know, I'm not expecting that artists really do a huge amount with this quick draw data because as cool as it is, These things were drawn in 20 seconds, right? There's kind of a limit to how much we can do with them.”
Doug Eck Jul 21, 2017 ▶ 9:43 Making Music and Art Through Machine Learning - Doug Eck of Magenta · Y Combinator
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